Yoga Vasistha [sanskrit]

223,437 words | ISBN-10: 8171101519

The Sanskrit edition of the Yoga-vasistha including English translation and grammatical analysis. The Yogavasistha is a Hindu spiritual text written by Valmiki (who also authored the Ramayana) dealing with the philosophical topics from the Advaita-vedanta school. Chronologically it precedes the Ramayana.

Verse 6.44.5

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वाञ्छाकाले यथा वस्तु तुष्टये नान्यदा तथा ।
तस्मात्क्षणसुखे सक्तिं बालो बध्नाति नेतरः ॥ ५ ॥

vāñchākāle yathā vastu tuṣṭaye nānyadā tathā |
tasmātkṣaṇasukhe saktiṃ bālo badhnāti netaraḥ || 5 ||

If you have arrived to that high state (of knowing the universality of the soul); then be careful for the future, and merge yourself no more in the narrow pit of your personality.
English translation by Vihari-Lala Mitra (1891) Read online Buy now!

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (6.44.5). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vanchaka, Ala, Ali, Yatha, Vastu, Tushti, Ada, Tatha, Tasmat, Tad, Kshana, Sukha, Sakti, Bala, Neta,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.44.5). If the system was successful in segmenting the sentence, you will see of which words it is made up of, generally consisting of Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Participles and Indeclinables. Click on the link to show all possible derivations of the word.

Line 1: “vāñchākāle yathā vastu tuṣṭaye nānyadā tathā ”
vāñchākā -
vāñchāka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
ale -
ala (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

ali (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

√al (verb class 1)

[present middle first single]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
vastu -
vastu (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

vastu (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
tuṣṭaye -
tuṣṭi (noun, feminine)

[dative single]
nānya -
na (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
adā -
adā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

ad (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

ad (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
tathā -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “tasmātkṣaṇasukhe saktiṃ bālo badhnāti netaraḥ ”
tasmāt -
tasmāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (noun, neuter)

[ablative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[ablative single]
kṣaṇa -
kṣaṇa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kṣaṇa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
sukhe -
sukha (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

sukha (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

sukhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
saktim -
sakti (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
bālo* -
bāla (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
badhnāti -
√bandh (verb class 9)

[present active third single]
neta -
neta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

neta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
raḥ -
ra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]